Where a worker suffers a single chronic condition to which multiple workplace incidents contribute, and the medical evidence does not identify distinct injuries from distinct incidents, the worker may claim the condition as a single injury and is not required to seek separate damages for each incident under the Woolage principle. The 15% permanent impairment threshold under s 151H of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) is assessed against the single injury, not against each incident separately.
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